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Foyer unlocks $6.2M to help people save up to buy homes

Landy Liu knows how hard it is to save for a home.  While working at mortgage startup Better.com, he spent years dealing with first-home home buyers

He noted that specialized saving accounts and apps exist these days for nearly every big milestone, “retirement, college tuition, even major health expenses,” he said. “Real estate service providers spend billions annually marketing to end users and now they are able to more directly support the financial wellness of aspiring homebuyers,” Liu said. “Homeownership plays a crucial role in building long-term financial security, particularly for underserved communities that have historically been shut out of wealth-building opportunities,” Amee Parhboo, a managing partner at Accion Venture Lab, told TechCrunch.

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